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“This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24

Good Morning Beloved!

You are not forgotten, nor is the writing for His Daily Dose. I’m eagerly looking forward to Monday, when I will conclude my brief season of rest and gratitude to begin writing fresh content again. After celebrating all the Lord has done around the globe in the past ten months during our “100th Post Celebration & Launch Party” last Friday night, the Lord has given me a week to reflect upon His goodness, process what He has been teaching me, and to rest my physical, mental, and spiritual being.

Just know I am thinking and praying for you as our readers today.

My hope is that you too are able to rest this weekend – enjoying your loved ones, taking a long nap, sipping on a cup of hot coffee while reading a book, or just stopping for a moment to see how truly blessed you are as a child of the Most High King.

I look forward to connecting to you all soon! In the meantime, if you need a dose of encouragement or want to refine your view of God, feel free to browse any of the previous blog posts. Thanks!

Like this:

Thank You that my heart is beating today; it doesn’t have to, but it is. Thank You. Thank You Lord for keeping me from radiation treatments after miraculously healing me from melanoma carcinoma. Thank You. Thank You Jesus for giving me a second chance in marriage. Thank You for forgiving my mistake in being more about my own agenda than listening to You. Thank You for, in Your grace, extravagantly blessing me with my prince charming, Keith Becker. Thank You for giving us the money to have a beautiful wedding and experience the best from Your hand. Thank You for preparing a table for me in the presence of my enemies and allowing me to experience the deepest of betrayal so that I may learn how to live out true forgiveness. What a life-long lesson I hope to never forget, Lord.

Thank You, from the depths of my heart, for healing me from my pool of insecurities. Thank You for allowing me to see myself as You see me – a royal daughter of the King that is ravishing to the point that I melt Your holy heart. Thank You that I can look at my reflection in the mirror and be well-satisfied. I accept my imperfections, but I delight in all the good I possess through You. What a sigh of relief You have given me, Lord. I’m thankful that You don’t take me as seriously as I often take myself. You teach me to be child-like – to laugh often, to share with others, to love in abundance, and to forgive quickly when someone offends me. Thank You that You truly are The Way (the instruction) to a life well-lived and in abundance.

Thank You for my comfy bed. Thank You that I have heat in my home. Thank You Lord for the variety of fresh fruits and vegetables I have at my disposal. The homeless man that I saw yesterday on the corner doesn’t have that option. Even You Lord said in Your Word that “foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Thank You Jesus for Your provision. Thank You for a hot shower. I remember my days in Mexico when hot water wasn’t always available. Thank You for the peace in our home. I know there are countless lives in Syria that can only dream of experiencing safety and peace again. Thank You Jesus.

Thank You for being so faithful to me, even when I’m faithless and I’m not trusting in You but putting my security in my circumstances. Thank You for being patient with me since I make a lot of mistakes. I’m very grateful for Your abundance of grace. Thank You for being in control, because if I were in control I’d probably be doing the wrong thing in the wrong place and filled with frustration and discouragement. Thank You for always being right on time as You order my steps as Your righteous child.

Thanks for being You. You’re so dependable and loyal to me. I hope that I can offer You the same in this lifetime. Thanks for letting me be me, and not forcing me to be something or someone that I am not. That’s what makes You so cool and approachable. Thanks Jesus for being a perfect gentleman. Not once have You personally forced Yourself on me; I cannot say the same about people or religion. I love You, Jesus. With all my heart, I love You, my King. May Your holy heart smile as You know how truly special You are to me.

Your Beloved Daughter,

Christy Becker

What are you thankful for today?

“I will exalt you, my God the King;I will praise your name for ever and ever.Every day I will praise youand extol your name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;his greatness no one can fathom.One generation commends your works to another;they tell of your mighty acts.They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—and I will meditate on your wonderful works.They tell of the power of your awesome works—and I will proclaim your great deeds.They celebrate your abundant goodnessand joyfully sing of your righteousness.” Psalm 145:1-7

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12

This scripture is jumping off the pages at me today.

And I’m going to be real candid today because I think people need to hear the truth.

Let’s talk about sex.

Not in a churchy fashion, but the reality of what we are faced with day in and day out.

I’m annoyed.

I’m tired of seeing women in low cut blouses flaunting their cleavage for all men to see (probably because I used to be one of them and I know why they do it). And what’s up with jamming out to songs with lyrics like: “your sex takes me to paradise” and “cause I know he has a wife at home, but I just need one night alone”?

I’m completely over in hearing how men are being convicted of pimping teenage girls on the streets. And why is a Gentleman’s Club advertised for gentlemen? A gentleman is defined as “a man of good family or manners”, not one who is entertained by a naked woman (who has been raped, abused, and sexually violated as a child) dancing on a pole. Let’s walk in truth here beloved and call things as they are.

We all have a sex drive. And despite what many people may think, that sex drive is good. It is a gift from God.

And the enemy knows it. This master of deceit takes the gift and creates a facade of erotic indulgence where there’s no penalty for feeding our sexual appetites. This completely contradicts the truth:

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction;the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6:7-8

Many of us see sex, think sex, talk about sex, and even dream about sex. But, do we really understand sex? The way it was created to be from the beginning?

Let’s dive a bit deeper.

Sex is POWERFUL. It is the deepest expression of love for one another. The deepest. And that is why it’s reserved for your spouse alone.

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” Genesis 2:24

Sex is a gift. A beautiful and incredible gift that He entrusts to us to steward (manage) well. This sacred gift belongs to the Lord (He gave it to us, so it is His) until the day we are married. Once “the two become one flesh” then we are freely able to bless our spouse with this delightful surprise! Get excited!

“Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.” Song of Songs 2:7

Sex is designed to bring pleasure. It’s to be enjoyed. The genitalia contain thousands of nerve endings (12,000 combined in males and females) that run through the spinal cord up to the brain in order to provide incredible sensations during intercourse. I personally think it is brilliant and incredibly loving on His part to create us in this fashion.

“Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.” Song of Songs 4:16

He wants us to enjoy sex. Because it’s a good thing when it’s done His way.

None of us are oblivious to the fact that sex is for procreation. But, think about this truth for a second. We as humans are given the opportunity to partner with the Living God to create another mortal being. Mind-blowing. So, it should come as no surprise that that the deepest act of love and affection, we as human beings can share, would be the very means to which this new life was created. Wow.

This is just beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

Lastly,sex is an act of worship to our Loving Father. I know this may be an interesting (or even weird to a few) paradox, but it’s a conviction that the Holy Spirit has placed on my heart. I think God wants to be welcomed into the marital bedroom. I mean He’s the One who created sex, so why would we sheepishly disconnect Him during these intensely deep and intimate moments?

Sex is a selfless experience of giving oneself away to their beloved spouse in hopes to bring them and the Lord great pleasure. Sex is holy. And it must be treated this way.

I promise you beloved, none of the following will truly fulfill your desire for sex:

Pornography

Romance Novels

Sex-help books (Kama Sutra)

Adulterous relationships (extramarital affair)

Sexual relationships outside of marriage

They all may temporarily satisfy the physical, but the soul will remain empty. When we step outside of His holy boundaries (protection), we will always end up in a dangerous place.

Beloved, how can we expect Him to bless the very thing in which He speaks against in His Word? We must walk in truth beloved. It is “truth that sets us free.”

Let me encourage in taking a closer look to what God is saying to us about sex and marriage through His Word:

“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Run far away from sexual temptations. Remember your body is not even your own. It belongs to God as a dwelling place for His Spirit.

“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” Hebrews 13:4

Extramarital affairs are not okay. I would go onto say that if marriage is truly held in honor by you, then any form of entertainment encouraging an adulterous affair needs to be removed from your influence (this includes movies, porn, books, etc). Trust me from personal experience, stay away from anything that could tempt you in this area.

“But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.” 1 Corinthians 7:2-4

Sex is to be enjoyed within the covenant of marriage, eliminating any other options.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matthew 5:27-28

This is for men and women. It’s not okay to imagine another person in bed, or to wonder what their body looks like without clothing. If anything causes these images to dwell in your mind, I would strongly suggest removing them to protect yourself. Let’s embrace purity. We win on all ends when we follow after the Lord’s heart. He created sex, just as He created marriage and even our genitalia.

Since He is the Creator of it all, I think He knows a thing or two on how sex should be experienced.